Posted on 01/25/2025 3:16:20 PM PST by bimboeruption
A sudden and sweeping halt to U.S. foreign aid by the Trump administration does not apply to weapons support to Israel and Egypt and emergency food assistance, according to a memo issued by the department to bureaus and U.S. missions overseas on Friday.
The same day, the White House told the Pentagon it could proceed with a shipment of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel that President Biden abruptly halted last summer to try to dissuade the Israeli military from destroying much of the city of Rafah. Israeli forces went ahead with bombing the city.
The shipment has 1,800 MK-84 bombs, said a White House official who agreed to discuss sensitive weapons aid on the condition of anonymity. Such bombs are judged by U.S. military officers to be generally too lethal and destructive for urban combat. Until the halt, the Biden administration had shipped the bombs to Israel as its military fought Hamas in Gaza.
The memo on foreign aid was sent by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and lays out how the State Department, the linked United States Agency for International Development, or U.S.A.I.D., and other agencies are expected to execute an executive order halting foreign aid during a 90-day reassessment period. President Trump signed the executive order on Monday, soon after his inauguration.
The memo requires any employee working on foreign aid to refrain from designating new funding and taking applications, and to issue “stop-work” orders to groups that have received grants. The memo has circulated online and has ignited panic among groups around the world that rely on foreign aid from the United States for their programs — which range from disease prevention to curbing infant mortality to alleviating the impact of climate change. Some groups say they will likely stop work immediately and begin laying off employees or...
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"The halt to foreign aid applies to military assistance to Ukraine, Taiwan, Lebanon and other partner nations, including members of NATO. Much of the recent urgent aid for Ukraine in its defensive war against Russia has been sent out already. Officials in the Biden administration anticipated that Mr. Trump would try to halt arms aid to Ukraine since he had expressed skepticism about it. Mr. Rubio was one of 15 Republican senators who voted last April against legislation centered on weapons aid to Ukraine.
"The State Department did not have an immediate response when asked to comment for this story."
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There have been reports as recent as 4 hours ago stating otherwise:
"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday the U.S. has not stopped military aid to Ukraine after newly sworn-in U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced he would pause foreign aid grants for 90 days.
"Zelenskyy did not clarify whether humanitarian aid had been paused. Ukraine relies on the U.S. for 40% of its military needs.
"I am focused on military aid; it has not been stopped, thank God," he said at a press conference with Moldovan President Maia Sandu."
Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-not-halted-military-aid-ukraine-zelenskyy/ ___________________________________________________
I hope President Trump has cut off all aid to the smuf nazi dictator, Zelenksy.
The Biden Regime has given Ukraine more than 65 billion unaccounted for tax payer dollars in aid since the war began in late February 2022.
Not another dime.
“Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday the U.S. has not stopped military aid to Ukraine”
Hegseth didn’t mention Ukraine in his memo to DOD listing priorities, but he did mention China. To me that says it all.
This is a huge victory for President Trump, even with the slightly different versions from some media sources.
Generally it appears to leave Ukraine out in the cold, and will make a major impact on the US bleeding Foreign Aid.
I am certain that President Trump will stay on this until he gets the numbers he wants, where he wants.
Thanks for the Update.
ok. hmmmmmm. Why is it so necessary to give anything to Egypt??? They are terribly backwards and corrupt
That too is for Israel's benefit.
The Camp David Accords promised equal economic aid for Israel and Egypt. It's a bribe so Egypt will be nice to Israel.
Long past time to end ALL foreign aid, including to Egypt and Israel.
Yep, Pete talked about working with our allies and partners to deter aggression by the Chicoms in the Indo-Pacific region ...nothing pertaining to Ukraine/Russia.
The Trump Administration has bigger fish to fry.
I had no idea we were ever giving foreign aid to Egypt, this must have been part of the Abraham Accords because I never knew this
See my post 5.
This goes back to Carter's Camp David Accords.
We agreed to give equal economic aid (not military aid) to Israel and Egypt, so Egypt would make peace with Israel.
Aid to Egypt is really for Israel's benefit.
Suez Canal
Camp David Accords.
See my post 5 and 8.
I thought most people at FR are old enough to remember the Camp David Accords.
“”U.S.A.I.D.””
Does this mean we can get Samantha Power out of our lives for good - and our pockets?
We can still dream.....
Angelino is right: the aid to Egypt goes back to the Camp David Accords. It’s really a bribe to keep Egypt playing nice (more or less) with Israel.
For more than forty years we have given aid to Egypt and Israel following the successful conclusion of the Kissinger Negotiations. It has kept the two nations from each other’s throats, and is money well spent.
No, its a bribe to control the largest Arab country.
Well, the Camp David Accords said that Egypt and Israel make peace, and the U.S. pays them both.
Anyone have a list of the countries that have been getting foreign aid?
I presume Egypt is in there to make the exception of Israel just a little less glaring.
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